New Delhi, Apr 16:
In a first such official communication after its extensive operations, the Centre has informed state governments that there are no Naxal violence-affected districts in the country after more than five decades of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) having originated in India.
The declaration followed a high-level security review held early this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under the mandated ‘National Policy and Action Plan to Address Left Wing Extremism (LWE)’ formulated in 2015.
Officials said that the MHA issued a communication on April 8 to nine states, saying that a comprehensive security review completed after March 31 established that “no district in the country falls under the LWE-affected category”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on March 30 that India was free from Maoists.
The high-level security review meeting was necessitated as the deadline set by the central government to end LWE in India ended on March 31.